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Hello everyone,
New to the forum. I bought some clenbuterol to cycle after doing my research. Bought taurine, potassium and alcar to supplement with it. However, today I decided to keep doing more research and stumbled upon this recent article:
Can't post links yet so removed the dot.
onlinejcf <dot >com/article/S1071-9164(18)30709-7/abstract
Any thoughts on what might have gone wrong? bad cycle? supplementing with additional drugs?
New to the forum. I bought some clenbuterol to cycle after doing my research. Bought taurine, potassium and alcar to supplement with it. However, today I decided to keep doing more research and stumbled upon this recent article:
Can't post links yet so removed the dot.
onlinejcf <dot >com/article/S1071-9164(18)30709-7/abstract
Background
Sudden cardiac death risk from stimulants clenbuterol and taurine for athletes is unknown.
Description
A 30-year-old body-builder who took clenbuterol and taurine for one week and was otherwise healthy without any cardiovascular disease was found unresponsive, requiring five external defibrillations for ventricular fibrillation (VF) to restore sinus rhythm. The left ventricular ejection fraction was 22% immediately after resuscitation and improved to 49% in 3 days. Coronary angiogram did not show any coronary artery disease and cardiac-magnetic-resonance was unremarkable. ECG showed no abnormal findings.
Discussion
Clenbuterol, a performance-enhancing drug, is a beta-2 agonist that increases fat metabolism and aerobic capacity and can cause hypertension and tachycardia. Taurine, found in energy drinks, can cause ventricular arrhythmias. Clenbuterol depletes taurine, so athletes take these in combination. While many people take sports supplements, few have sudden death. The VF is likely attributed to unknown underlying myocardial vulnerability and is precipitated by the combination of clenbuterol and taurine. Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was placed in this patient for secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death.
Conclusion
Clenbuterol and taurine, used as performance-enhancing drugs in athletes, may trigger VF and heart failure in those with predisposing substrate.
Any thoughts on what might have gone wrong? bad cycle? supplementing with additional drugs?